Monday, April 13, 2009

Hi guys, happy to meet you all with an interesting article about the latest cars available in the world. In this series here comes 2020 Hyundai's Family concept car. Daniel Nocera, who calls the method "artificial photosynthesis." Thepure oxygen helps replenish the "city" air we breathe, or can bepumped back into the cabin (like they do in Las Vegas casinos) to giveyou the extra boost you need on your way to work. Or an actual highdepending on the quantity of O2 were talking about - hows that forair "conditioning". The cars body consists of transparent solarpanels, which "collect ambient light" and create electricity. Now,that current doesnt simply power an electric motor. The electricityis fed into a water tank to split the hydrogen from the oxygen. Thehydrogen is stored and used to power the vehicle while the pure oxygencomes out the exhaust. The car essential functions like a plant does,with its own version of photosynthesis. Funky, isnt it? Thats yourfuture city car au naturelle. Hey, if this works out, in 2020 you cantrade in your obsolete 10 year-old Chevy Volt for this oxygen-filled,happy-making machine. Sounds like fun.Looking ahead 10 years into the future, Nicolas Stone, a recentgraduate of the College for Creative Studies, has developed a city-carconcept as part of his thesis. The project was sponsored by Hyundaiand features a design based on advanced technologies from MIT. The carwas designed by Nicolas Stone, and sticking with the naturalist theme,the interior cabin comes with a design that mimics "leaves growing offa stem" and with the seating laid out asymmetrically. The cabinsprinciple is to keep things as "open and airy" as possible.